Progress in the basic ophthalmological research of tree shrew

VernacularTitle:树鼩在眼科学的基础研究进展
Author: Guanglong ZHOU ; Qin ZHU ; Zhenyu LI ; Lingxia CHEN ; Bowen YIN ; Min HU ; Xiaomei SUN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Tree shrew; Ophthalmology; Myopia; Animal models
From: Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2015;(6):652-655
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Tree shrews have an excellent visual system, their cones accounted for 96%of the photorecepter cells, so that their color vision and stereo vision are well developed.With their rich resources and low cost, tree shrews have been considered as an ideal animal model in eye research in comparative medicine and genomics research.The ophthalmological research on tree shrew mainly focused on the establishment of myopia model, as well as the changes in myopic sclera and choroids, and the basic studies of their retina, optic and visual cortex.This paper reviewed the basic ophthalmological re-search of tree shrew.